My son had questions about his career and couldn't answer them. So I built Parallax — a tool that helps you explore career options and arrive at your own answers.
Upload your resume, get an AI exposure score (0-100), then run simulations to see what happens if you: stay and upskill, pivot to adjacent work, or reset entirely. Year-by-year timelines. Trade-offs made visceral.
* The problem
People know AI is disrupting careers. What they don't know is:
How exposed they specifically are, given their actual career history
What their realistic options are — not generic advice, but paths modeled on their timeline
What each option costs them in money, stress, and life satisfaction
* What Parallax does
It's a flight simulator for your career. Not advice — consequence exploration.
The flow (takes ~5 minutes):
* Upload resume → AI calculates your AI exposure score
* Five-question interview (finances, learning appetite, stability preference)
* LLM generates up to 9 futures: 3 strategies × 3 timing scenarios
* Pick which paths to compare
* Compare dashboard shows net worth, stress, fulfillment, AI exposure, drift
* Three recovery strategies:
1) Augment (blue): Stay, upskill with AI tools
2) Pivot (amber): Lateral move, lower AI exposure
3) Reset (purple): Start something fundamentally different
* Tech
Next.js 14 + TypeScript, LLM-powered
No database — fully client-side (localStorage)
Zero tracking. Your career data never leaves your browser.
Privacy-first by design
* Pricing
Free: AI exposure score + interview + briefing
Pro ($10/mo): Full compare dashboard + timeline exploration
This app is compute intensive, so I added a paywall to pay for my compute costs.
Built solo over 2 months. Would love your feedback.
